Investigating university student preferences and beliefs about learning in the web-based context

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1284-1303

  Yang, Fang Ying ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Belief about learning; Learner characteristics; Pedagogical issues; Preferences; University students; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT SENSITIVE GRAMMARS; CONTEXT SENSITIVE LANGUAGES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BELIEF ABOUT LEARNING; LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; PREFERENCES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WEB BASED LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 41649090162     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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